Tuvalu - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in Tuvalu was 23.58 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.19 in 2001 and a minimum value of 14.51 in 2003.

Definition: Transport services (% of commercial service imports) covers all transport services (sea, air, land, internal waterway, space, and pipeline) performed by residents of one economy for those of another and involving the carriage of passengers, movement of goods (freight), rental of carriers with crew, and related support and auxiliary services. Excluded are freight insurance, which is included in insurance services; goods procured in ports by nonresident carriers and repairs of transport equipment, which are included in goods; repairs of railway facilities, harbors, and airfield facilities, which are included in construction services; and rental of carriers without crew, which is included in other services.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
2001 33.19
2002 26.60
2003 14.51
2004 22.60
2005 33.17
2006 32.14
2007 15.28
2008 20.80
2009 21.85
2010 20.41
2011 15.28
2012 20.00
2013 21.88
2014 24.58
2015 29.31
2016 23.68
2017 28.41
2018 23.84
2019 23.58

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports